Four of the other Golden State victories have been beatdowns. He was also one win away from returning to the Finals previous year with Oklahoma City but they squandered a 3-1 series lead to Golden State, who he joined a little over a month later.

In 14 of their 17 meetings, the victor of the opener had gone on to win the match but Wawrinka reeled off seven straight games to win the second and take a 3-0 lead in the third. Just like in his previous service game, Nadal would be forced to save two break points from his opponent before consolidating, this time to take a 4-1 lead.

With some notable names sitting out the women's tour, there have been grumblings about a lack of star quality among the WTA , myself included. She made 14 unforced errors against the No. There are other differences between the two. Legendary American skier Vonn was at Roland Garros along with her boyfriend Kenan Smith to witness the semi-fin...

New England secured the franchise's fifth championship with a 34-28 comeback victory over the Falcons . The ring presented on Friday night has the likeness of the Patriots' five Lombardi Trophies on it. The ring includes 283 diamonds , a reminder of the Falcons' 28-3 lead that New England overcame. The Patriots are now tied with the Cowboys and...

The New York Jets have signed free agent Spencer Paysinger . Paysinger will be making a return to NY and MetLife Stadium. NY has now added a linebacker getting ready to enter his seventh season in the National Football League to a defensive unit that includes 2016 draft picks Darron Lee and Jordan Jenkins , 2015 draft pick Lorenzo Mauldin ...

That cut Golden State's lead to 3-1, but as usual Green's stats were only a small chapter of his story. The public address announcer said the technical was on Green, and it was listed in box scores distributed at the end of the first quarter and at halftime.

Isolated thunderstorms are now forecast during the week, leaving Mickelson with a slight chance of still making his threeball with Stewart Cink and Wisconsin local Steve Stricker . Should he make the trip but not make the tee time, Mickelson, who has finished second in the U.S. Open six times, said jokingly he would be watching the Open or may...

However, the star attacker who last October signed a new contract until 2022, suggested he is settled at Madrid and wants to add more trophies in his collection at Madrid . "If he can see something that we can do on the pitch, he tells us, and we are trying to do in our best way". "We had a great first half in which we had Real in trouble".

Luciano Spalletti has arrived to sign his Inter contract, with reports he'll be presented on Wednesday. Having had several different managers in recent seasons, Inter will hope that Spalletti will be the man to bring success and stability to the club.

Golden State is on the verge of National Basketball Association history, attempting to become the first team to finish the playoffs undefeated. With their 15th straight win, the Warriors now have the longest postseason streak for any team in the four major professional sports.

Mourinho tried to sign the Sweden worldwide in January but a move failed to materialise. The 22-year-old was already a target for the Red Devils during last summer's transfer window but he eventually chose to stay in Portugal. "I know he is hot on the market so let him make the right choice for him". Record rightly point out this has all been...

Kane's improvement has been borne out in the only currency that matters for players in his position. Kane scored 29 goals to win the Premier League's Golden Boot for the second year running, but he is desperate to improve an England record of five goals in 17 games.

It will take more than Bradley and Pedroia to stabilize and re-ignite the Red Sox' frequently inconsistent offense, but it's a very important start. "We had just lost two on the road so we definitely wanted to start things off right back at home".

Seven goals in his last two games allowed Kane to finish the 2016-17 season with 35 goals in all competitions, following hauls of 31 and 28 in the two previous campaigns. Asked if he thought it might be too soon for him to take on the captaincy, Kane replied: " For me personally, I don't think so . This is all stuff that I want to do".

Cincinnati Reds' Scott Schebler (43) is congratulated by third base coach Billy Hatcher on a solo home run off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 , in Cincinnati .

Cleveland Cavaliers NAB Finals Game Four, and comes with a seven-day free trial. The Warriors' shot at perfection came up short Friday as they lost 137-116 as the Cavaliers blitzed them behind incredible performances by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.

But Ferrari's resurgence this season, and Hamilton's vehicle troubles, makes a sixth victory far from a foregone conclusion. "We couldn't plan much", said Vettel . We're under no illusion that we are not ideal and we have still got areas to improve on. "We just have to make sure we are ahead of Ferrari , so we don't have to be in that same ...

Swanson pulled a 3-2 pitch to left field for a double, driving in both runners. Harvey averaged 1.8 walks per nine innings two seasons ago but has struggled with his control, that ratio inflating to 4.7 this season as he has walked four or more hitters five times in his past seven outings.

Warriors: Were trying to become the first team to complete a postseason unbeaten. The Cavaliers deserved to win Game 4. Not only were their 49 points they scored in the first quarter an NBA Finals record, but Kevin Love's 3-pointer late in the second gave the Cavaliers a record 86 points at halftime.

Chasing a moderate target of 183 runs, Australia were cruising at 83 for one from 16 overs. Ironically it is only one of two day-night games to be played in the tournament and had the match started in the morning, then it would have produced a result.